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The Cruyff Courts, as they are now named, certainly look a little different to the ones he spent hours playing on; the concrete surface has gone, but the soul, the feel of the place remains, evoking some of Gakpo's happiest childhood memories.
Back for the first time as a Premier League champion at the place where he did so much of his growing up fills him with immense pride.
"You know, when you're young, you just do whatever you like and I liked to play football a lot, so that's what I did a lot," he says.
"I wouldn't believe you if you'd told me I'd be a Premier League champion, I wouldn't be thinking about it.
"Being here now it does make you think back about everything you've been through, those moments, we reached something very special this year."
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"It's his detail that's amazing," says Gakpo when we talk about why his Liverpool career has flourished under the Dutch coach this season and how the team surprised the rest of the Premier League.
"In some games you just saw what he was like, he would say to Virgil to do a slight change, and then you see the whole team adapting, and then maybe we score a goal or we defend better and then when it works out you really believe in what he wants.
It's when he thinks Gakpo is at his best.
I ask what he hopes Gakpo can achieve in the next five or so years, having secured his first Premier League title.
"Sorry to say this to all the Liverpool fans, I don't know where his level may be or may stop if he stays in this form and stays fit.
He is spending time with his brothers and joining their dad in Togo to reconnect with family and friends, giving back to those that have helped him on his journey so far.
It has already taken him from Eindhoven to Liverpool and, next summer, Gakpo is looking to dominate beyond on the world stage as part of a Netherlands team looking to lift the World Cup for the first time.
"That would be amazing," Gakpo says